Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-06
CHAPTER OF CASUALTIES,
A Little Boys Terrible Accident
Yesterday.
Francis Dunning Crushed by the Cars
KILLED In a Well--Other Serious
Mishaps.
THE CRUEL CARS.

A terrible fatal accident occurred in
the saw mill yards at 2:05 yesterday af-
terday afternoon. Francis W. Dunning,
fourteen years of age. son of VIM. Dun
ming, sawmill hand, living on Fourth
avenue between Twenty sixth and
Twenty-sevsnth streets, attempted to
board the front end of cahoose on an
outgoing c., B. & Q. train in the upper
mill yards, slipped and fell upon the rail
the wheels passing over his head and
body, killing him instantly and leaving a
scarcely recognizable mass of human flesh
upon the track. The remains were taken
in charge of BY Undertaken Knox and the
inquest is being held this afternoon.
The details of the frightful affair, as
nearly as they can be ascertained from
the boys who witnessed it are these:
Francis Dunning, after his return from
Sunday school. had gone over to play
with neighbours children in the yard of
VIM. Rugb, the rear of whose property
is close to the railroad tracks. After
playing about awhile the boys, young
Dunning and Mr.. Rugh's sons, Charles.
William and Glenn, got their ball and
bats and determined to go to a vacant
lot and haye game of ball. They had
just started--gotten as far as the engine
building of the saw mill when c., B. &
@. freight train No. l2, which left Rock
Island at 1;55 came up. The Dunning
boy attempted to get on the front plat>
| form OF the caboose to ride up TO the
crossing, with the result as given. The
train was in charge of Conductor Geo.
Bollman with Engineer Flaherty at the
throttle. The boys head was cut in two,
the brains being scattered on both sides
of the rail, while he received deep gashes
on the arm and shoulder.
The bog was bright little fellow of
fourteen years, a student at the Fourth
ward school and member of the
Christian chapel Sunday school The
funeral was held from the Christian
chapel this afternoon.
KILLED IN A WELL.
| A singular fatal accident occurred on
the farm of John Clark at Presumption, at
Z O'Clock this morning. Jacob Devoe, of
Coal Valley, had been blasting rock out
of the bottom of a well with dynamite,
and after blast went down to make an
investigation. He soon came up and
had lust reached the surface when dead
| ly pallor came over his face, he swooned
and fell backward into the opening, a
distance of fifty eight feet A fellow
workman went down into the well and
found Devoe still alive but unconscious,
and breathing with apparent difficulty
The workman came up to obtain means
of extricating Devoe when the well caved
in, covering the unfortunate fellow ant
smothering him TO death.
| OTHER ACCIDENTS.
Joseph Berkson thirteen years of age
fell out of the swing on the watch tower
yesterday afternoon. breaking his left
arm near the wrist.
A young son of Capt, J NJ. Beardsley,
was run over in front of his home thi.
morning. by one of Aster's bakery
wagons. The little fellow was playing
in the street. DR.. Eyster was sum
moned. and found him bruised con,
sidersbly. but no bones broken.
There came very near being two
drownings in the lower end of town
yesterday afternoon A boy by the
name Of VIM. Kraiger fell off the log
near the lower saw mill, and was rescued
by his companions, and another boy fel
out of skiff while out in the river anc
was pulled out in the NICK of time